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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 09:47 PM Dec 2018

Biden hits Sanders' home turf as he tests 2020 waters

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Joe Biden waltzed into potential future opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ backyard Sunday sounding an awful lot like a 2020 candidate.

Six days after saying he's “the most qualified person in the country to be president,” Biden took the stage here and railed against “naked nationalism,” “phony populism,” and a GOP that is “not your father’s Republican Party.”

“If you have a problem, what’s the problem? The other. The other. That immigrant, that black guy, that woman,” he said of populism, without mentioning President Donald Trump by name. “That’s the problem, instead of facing up to the problem called greed.”

But Biden — speaking at an event to promote his book, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose" — equivocated on the question of whether he’d challenge Trump. Biden has said previously he would decide on a run in the next few months.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-hits-sanders-home-turf-as-he-tests-2020-waters/ar-BBQJx2k?li=BBnb7Kz

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Biden hits Sanders' home turf as he tests 2020 waters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP
Thanks for posting my daughter's first Politico article! JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #1
your daughter wrote the article in the op ? JI7 Dec 2018 #2
Yep! She is covering the 2020 POTUS election for Politico! JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #6
By Holly Otterbein!!! elleng Dec 2018 #3
Thanks! n/t JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #7
Give her my congrats... lapucelle Dec 2018 #4
Thanks! She's the best! n/t JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #8
kick and congrats! nt UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #11
Thanks! n/t JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #16
Kick ass man! Glamrock Dec 2018 #14
Thanks Glamrock! Holly really made my day! n/t JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #17
Hey brother. Really happy for you! Glamrock Dec 2018 #18
No, to either one of them! n/t pnwmom Dec 2018 #5
Same here. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #10
Biden for me. Only one with any diplomatic experience. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #9
We need somebody who can put humpty back together again...FAST ! NT UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #12
You mean the diplomatic stuff? Ciaphas Cain Dec 2018 #13
While I still love Bernie, Glamrock Dec 2018 #15
Both of these old men need to get off the stage. BlueStater Dec 2018 #19
I would support Joe Biden if he runs Gothmog Dec 2018 #20
Biden, no thanks Raine Dec 2018 #21

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
18. Hey brother. Really happy for you!
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 11:55 PM
Dec 2018

That's sincere. You should be proud. Girl's got talent.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
10. Same here.
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 10:14 PM
Dec 2018

Bernie's only hope is dominating Iowa and New Hampshire. If Biden runs, that won't happen. Even if Biden doesn't run, that probably won't happen, given how many candidates there will be.

But then Biden will run into trouble as the primary progresses. People will be reminded why his previous attempts have fallen way short.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
15. While I still love Bernie,
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 11:42 PM
Dec 2018

Uncle Joe is my first choice hands down. Wish he'd run in '16. Woulda been my first choice then too.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
19. Both of these old men need to get off the stage.
Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:12 AM
Dec 2018

Haven't enough members of their generation been president already? They've almost consistently controlled the White House since 1993. Jesus fucking Christ.

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